Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Amy Van Dyken, a celebrated Olympic gold medalist, experienced a life-altering ...

Amy Van Dyken has never been one to avoid a challenge. As a toddler she suffered from severe asthma and couldn’t walk up and down the stairs of her suburban Denver childhood home without gasping for ...

Despite being powerhouses in their sports, the likes of swimmer Katie Ledecky and gymnast Simone Biles are under a lot of pressure to always meet their potential. Few people know what it's like to ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken severed her spinal cord in an all-terrain vehicle accident over the weekend, and she told emergency workers she could not move ...

“My glass is always half-full,” Amy Van Dyken tells PEOPLE Amy Van Dyken has never been one to avoid a challenge. As a toddler she suffered from severe asthma and couldn’t walk up and down the stairs ...